Number one seed Julian Wilson is through to the last 32 of his first event of the season, the Breaka Burleigh Pro, as Kolohe Andino continued to impress on Day Three.
In good clean three feet plus (1.5m) waves, world number nine Wilson began his 2012 campaign by progressing from Heat Eight with a score of 11.67 behind heat winner, fellow Australian, Cahill Bell-Warren.
But it was far from easy for Wilson, as he chose to sit on the inside of the point break for the opening half of the heat and with the tide racing out he found himself completely wave-starved while his opponents were racking up decent scores on the outside bank.
Wilson forced himself to paddle up the point late in the heat and fought hard to find two decent waves, pulling a critical air reverse on one ride along with a very late in the heat ride that delivered him just enough to advance in second place.
“I made the wrong choice of where to sit at the start," Wilson said. "And I was lucky to get out there and find waves but I feel good – it’s good to dust the cobwebs off and get into competitive mode and the way that heat panned out – I really had to fight so it’s good.”
Seventeen-year-old Kolohe Andino again stunned the large Burleigh headland crowds with multiple nine point plus rides.
Andino has surfed through all four rounds at this event and every scoring ride has included outstanding aerial moves – his aerial prowess seems so well refined that he rarely falls and is capable of executing these progressive high degree difficulty moves at will.
Kolohe Andino on Day 3 of the Burleigh Pro © ASP/Robertson
Bede Durbidge staged a solid come-from-behind heat win today defeating young South African rising star Beyrick De Vries who also progressed in 2nd place while local Burleigh surfer Jay Thompson was eliminated from the heat.
Durbidge was languishing in last place mid way through the heat but moved himself down the point and the strategy proved solid when he found cleaner good waves to post a modest tally of 12.76 to De Vries on 12.34.
“I saw De Vries surfing by himself down the point and getting good waves so I followed him and the move definitely paid off” said the former world number 2.
Big crowds are expected at Burleigh tomorrow in what should again be great conditions with the event set to start at 8am.
Two time ASP world champion Mick Fanning enters the water around 8:30am local time tomorrow.
The Breaka Burleigh Pro will be broadcast LIVE via breakaburleighsurfpro.com.au
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